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This document outlines a 32-lesson jazz theory course for beginners. The course covers the basics of notation, intervals, scales, chords, chord progressions, forms including blues and AABA, and major and minor scales. Students will learn to read music, identify intervals and scales, understand different types of chords and progressions like ii-V's, and apply scales over chords. The goal is for students to gain the fundamental theory skills needed to start learning jazz. Student progress will be evaluated through weekly homework, quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam.

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Jazz Theory For Beginners Class Schedule:: TH TH

This document outlines a 32-lesson jazz theory course for beginners. The course covers the basics of notation, intervals, scales, chords, chord progressions, forms including blues and AABA, and major and minor scales. Students will learn to read music, identify intervals and scales, understand different types of chords and progressions like ii-V's, and apply scales over chords. The goal is for students to gain the fundamental theory skills needed to start learning jazz. Student progress will be evaluated through weekly homework, quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam.

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Jazz Theory For Beginners

Class Schedule:

1. The Basics Learning where all the notes on the staff are in bass and treble clef, as well
as basic notation.
2. The Basics working on basic note and melody reading
3. The Basics Time signatures and how to count them
4. Quiz over notes, melody reading, and time signature
5. Intervals Learning what intervals are in music and begin teaching intervals from m2-
M7, practice identifying intervals by reading, and introduce the circle of 5ths
6. Scales Introduce the major scale and its construction and talk about the different
intervals it contains. Introduce key signatures and how to tell the key by the key
signature. Introduce the natural minor scale and talk about the intervals it contains.
Talking about the differences between major and minor scales
7. Scales Introduce the modes of the major scale, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian,
Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian
8. Quiz over intervals, scales, and modes
9. Triads talk about what triads are and how we make them, and the difference between
major and minor triads
10. Triads Looking at the major, minor, dorian, and mixolydian modes to see what triads
they contain
11. Chords adding the 7th to our triads to make 7th chords, talking about the difference
between Major, Minor, and Dominant 7ths. Introducing the ii7 and V7 chords. Talking
about chord notation
12. Chords Introduce diminished chords and talk about the difference between half and
fully diminished 7ths
13. Quiz over triads and 7th chords
14. Chord Progression Talking about the ii7-V7-I and its use for cadence points, talk about
voice leading and leading tones within the ii-V
15. Chord Progression Talk about using ii-Vs to modulate and how voice leading helps
with modulation
16. Chord Progression Talk about how modes work over ii-Vs
17. Chord Progression Have students write basic melodies over simple ii-V progressions to
show they understand the voice leading
18. Quiz over chord progressions and ii-Vs
19. Study Day for Midterm Exam
20. Midterm Exam
21. Blues form Introduce basic 12 bar blues, blues with ii-Vs into the next chord, and basic
jazz blues
22. Blues Navigating blues with voice leading
23. Blues introduce the pentatonic scale and talk about why it works over blues
24. Form introduce other standard jazz form like AABA, 32 bar, and odd form like Blue in
Green or Alone Together and how to make sense of odd form
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25. Minor ii-V Introduce the minor ii-Vs, their voice leading, and the full Jazz Blues
26. Quiz over form, blues, and minor ii-Vs
27. Minor scales Introduce melodic and harmonic minor and discuss their differences
28. Minor scale modes introduce the modes of harmonic and melodic minor
29. Minor scale modes talking more in depth about the minor modes and what chords
they correspond with
30. Quiz on modes of the minor scales
31. Review for Final Exam
32. Final Exam

Prerequisites:
None

Resources:
www.teoria.com
www.musictheory.net
Handouts given in class

Population:
Beginning jazz students with little to no theory knowledge

Student Learning Outcomes:


The Student will be able to;
Identify all notes in treble and bass clef
Identify the different intervals
Identify the different scales and modes of both major and minor
Identify the different types of triads and 7th chords
Understand basic chord progressions
Understand how ii-Vs work as cadence points or for modulation
Understand the differences between major and minor ii-Vs
Show the proper voice leading within ii-Vs
Understand the basic forms of jazz
Accurately choose the correct scales to play over a certain chord
Have a solid understanding of the Blues
Understand the basic scales and chords needed to start diving further into jazz

Grade Scale:

Weekly Homework 40% 90-100% A


Quizzes 15% 80-89% B
Midterm 20% 70-79% C
Final Exam 25% 60-69% D
100% 0-59% F
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